Mike Tyson's Fighting Fury is plant-based, but not as health-conscious as you might think.
Prior to his recent fight, the legendary and former heavyweight boxing champion fueled his magic with mushrooms and weeds and in the ring his infamous "aggressive' uplifts the anger of.
"I like to eat mushrooms and smoke before fighting. I drink psychedelics, mushrooms every day," Tyson, 56, said this week. , described in Muscle and Health Magazine.
The heavy hitter admitted to taking drugsshortly before he was foundin a wheelchair. A disturbing scene followed him up close using a cane for a flare-up of sciatica in his back while in New York City last month. }
Despite his physical health, Tyson told Muscle and Health that weed makes him sweat. It's his panacea long ago.
"Cannabis is good for training. I wish I had smoked while I was fighting — from an athlete's point of view, I really lost." added the sports icon, famous for biting off his opponent Evander Holyfield's ear chuck during the 1997 WBA Heavyweight Championship match.
"If I had smoked during my boxing career, I probably wouldn't have been so aggressive," he continued.
Tyson — Suspended indefinitely after bloody attack Dismissed and recently returned to the ring — now looking to roll out his eponymous cannabis company Tyson 2.0. As his CEO of the
brand, the Brooklyn native is most proud of his best-selling "Mike Bites." This is his THC-laced edible, cheekily named in honor of the assault on Holyfield, now 56. Sweet weed treats are also molded to replicate Holyfield's ears.
"We've had great success with Mike Bites and other ear-related products, so we're making up for what we've lost," he said, lovingly praising "Iron Mike" in his prime. Tyson said.
"When you think about it, it's like making lemons out of lemonade, because I was fined severely for biting my ear, and years later,
And he said, A hardcore boxing fan says his self-deprecating words have eaten up the jab on the incident.
"It seems like a slapstick comedy," said the handgun-slinger turned drug-slinger.
"We makehundreds of thousands of dollarsjust from images that bite people's ears," he continued. "It's unbelievable and I'm so grateful. It could have been bad. It could have turned out really bad."
or dealing with ear-shaped treats, Tyson lends his signature zest to the silver screen. 78}
"I just finished filming 'Vendetta' with Bruce Willis," said, "Hangover” explained the multi-hyphenate, who shone as a guest star in the trilogy.
"We didn't get the chance to interact [with Willis] personally in our film, but we're good friends," he said. . "I played with Thomas Jane, who played the lead role in The Punisher. I got to play with guns, which was really fun."
But Tyson limited his acting chops to comedies and action films. I have not.
"I also work on Bollywood movies. I enjoy being on stage. I love being on stage," he confessed.
"I can do belly dancing if someone teaches me!"
